Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-ABCF99
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver coin. Clipped penny of Henry VI, first reign (1422-1461), York mint, issue of 1438-1443
Obverse description: Facing bare-shouldered bust with tall bifoliate crown whose ornaments appear to touch, big hair, hollow at throat, trefoil right of shoulder.
Obverse inscription: (--)NGL
Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle, central ?quatrefoil or closed letter C?, small lettering.
Reverse inscription: (CI)VI/TAS(-/-)I
Diameter: 14.2mm, Weight: 0.61gms, die axis: 10
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1438
Date to: Exactly AD 1443
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.61 g
Diameter: 14.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2018
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Other reference: NLM50291
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Henry VI of England (first reign)
Mint or issue place: York
Category: English coin Late Medieval 1377 - 1489
Type: Penny: Henry VI, First reign, Leaf-Trefoil (N 1490/1 - 1491)
Obverse description: Facing bare-shouldered bust with tall bifoliate crown whose ornaments appear to touch, big hair, hollow at throat, trefoil right of shoulder.
Obverse inscription: (--)NGL
Reverse description: long cross, three pellets in each angle, central ?quatrefoil or closed letter C?, small lettering.
Reverse inscription: (CI)VI/TAS(-/-)I
Die axis measurement: 10 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
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Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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